International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Registration:
32
of
33
(2023-10-23
to
2024-04-11)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Support amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada and/or any other existing or new legislation concerning animal welfare.
- Support amendments to, or introduction of, legislation to ensure humane and ecologically sustainable conservation of wildlife in Canada.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Improving implementation and enforcement of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA) to ensure compliance with the text and intent of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Amending Species at Risk Act to improve protection for endangered species and their habitats in Canada.
Policies or Program
- International Relations: discourage efforts by Canada to overturn seal product bans or open new markets for seal products. Encourage efforts by Canada to increase funding and support for wildlife conservation and endangered species protection, particularly in Africa and Asia
- Marine Mammal Protection: encourage the Federal Government to create new or amend existing policy, legislation or regulation to ensure Canada's commercial seal hunt is properly managed by government agencies, or stopped. Advocate for a federal buyout of commercial sealing licences.
- Provide information on scientific and public opposition, and non-lethal alternatives, to proposals to cull predators in wild ecosystems, including the grey seal population in Atlantic Canada.